Ancient Pasts - Tbate

The Scythe

A/N: had to re-upload the chapter because of issues with wattpad.

Cathan Leywin Pov

"A scythe is coming here." Azrael's body trembled.

"That I am." A feminine voice stated from behind.

Varay, Azrael, and I all whirled around and studied the woman who announced her status as a scythe. I could barely sense the aura contained within her like a bomb about to explode.

Her hair was long and reflected the sun like liquid amethyst. Unlike Mythelias, Uto, or Cylrit, whose complexions were varying shades of sickly gray, this woman's skin had the quality of polished alabaster. Her eyes were as piercing as her long black horns that spiraled up like an impala's.

"So, you're a scythe," Varay confirmed as she took on a stance.

"Indeed I am." The scythe didn't move or take a stance.

The aura surrounding the four of us was enough to crush even the strongest mana beasts, yet, this woman didn't take a stance or get ready for battle.

Azrael knew what we needed to do and began transforming into his dragon form. His scales were noticeably more red than before, and his feathers still looked like they could cut through armor.

"Are you not going to fight?" I raised a brow, gripping Rupa tightly.

I only used a fourth of my core, so I had enough mana for this fight. With the help of Azrael and Varay, I was confident we could win, but not easily. It would be a tough battle.

I was about to say something when I noticed a change in the air around us. Recalling the ability of the retainer that Arthur fought, I immediately created a vacuum and sucked in the poisonous gas.

"Poisonous gas, eh?" I raised a brow at the scythe.

"Impressive." She muttered.

The scythe took of towards Varay with a sword of pure mana in hand. Using Mirage walk, I was in range to strike as Varay blocked the swing. Black flames erupted from her back, causing me to leap back.

I stored Rupa in my dimensional ring and created my own pure mana weapon, a curved sword as long as she was tall. Imbuing ice mana into the pure mana weapon, I swung towards the scythe.

The scythe glanced at me and realized what I was planning. The scythe leaped back as a beam of sheer cold shot towards the scythe and froze the ground as it moved.

Black fire erupted from under her skin and covered her in its aura. The beam hit the scythe, but it didn't even make a sound as the black flames devoured my attack.

"What the?!" My eyes widened, seeing one of my spells destroyed so easily.

Just as the black aura disappeared, Azrael swung his tail at the scythe, sending her flying in Varay's direction. Varay conjured an ice lance as the scythe tried to slow herself down.

Varay cocked back her lance and threw it at the scythe with astounding speed. A small explosion erupted below the scythe's feet, launching her through the air.

Taking a step forward with Mirage walk, I was now standing below the scythe. My pure mana sword radiated with mana wishing for me to unleash it.

I swung my sword horizontally as the scythe swung her own to parry, but that was a faint attack. The scythe's sword passed through my sword, and her eyes widened.

The blade was just an illusion that I created for this attack. When the scythe's weapon harmlessly sliced through the air, I conjured an edge of pure mana without interrupting my swing.